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Rhubarb Ice Pops

May 19, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Rhubarb Ice Pops

Robin: While I was growing up, rhubarb wasn´t really part of my life. I´d heard of it, tried it a time or two in pie (and hadn´t thought particularly highly of it), but it just seemed like a boring olden days thing that old timers talked about. I guess it didn´t help that said old…

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Filed Under: Extra Easy, Gluten-Free, Snacks, Sweets & Desserts, Vegetarian Tagged With: ice pops, rhubarb

No-Bake Pineapple Coconut Balls (“Snowballs” or “Bunny Tails”)

March 29, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

No-Bake Pineapple Coconut Balls

Robin: These two-bite balls of goodness call for only 3 or 4 ingredients and are super easy to make, but they are full of tropical-flavored deliciousness. They are cute enough to offer guests on a special occasion (call them “snowballs” if it´s winter, “bunny tails” in springtime, etc.), yet simple enough to make for a…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Snacks, Sweets & Desserts Tagged With: balls, coconut, cream cheese, pineapple

Stuffed Jalapeño Peppers

January 27, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Stuffed jalapeño peppers

Robin: Jalapeño peppers may be famous mostly for their piquancy, but, like other peppers mild and hot, they also have great flavor. It’s sad that many people only think about fresh jalapeños when making, say, pico de gallo, because these chiles have so much more to give. Jalapeños are delicious stuffed, much like their larger…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Salads & Sides, Snacks Tagged With: finger foods, jalapeño peppers, stuffed

Easy Pickled Jalapeño Carrot Slices

October 26, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Spicy Pickled Jalapeño Carrot Slices

Robin:  Many times a jar or can of pickled jalapeño pepper slices will contain 3 or 4 tiny slices of carrot, usually right on top as you open the container. These spicy carrot slices are considered by many to be the very best part of the whole pickled pepper experience. Lucky is the person who…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Sauces, Snacks Tagged With: carrots, jalapeño peppers, pickled, spicy

Banana-Blueberry and Banana-Cherry Breads

July 24, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Blueberry banana and cherry banana breads

Robin: Last week somebody someone at work gave me some leftover bananas and half-jokingly said, “Here, make some banana bread.” So I did. It had been many years since I´d made any. Maybe decades. I mean, I do occasionally bake a killer pumpkin bread, and I love these zucchini-bread-like chocolate chip cookies, so quick breads…

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Filed Under: Breads, Snacks, Sweets & Desserts Tagged With: banana, blueberries, cherries, quick breads

Sweet and Sour Pasta Veggie Salad

July 14, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Sweet and Sour Pasta Veggie Salad

Robin: I could very well have named it “surprise salad” to reflect the way people often react when they first taste it: despite its rather insipid appearance, this pasta salad is loaded with flavor. Folks see a mild-mannered pasta salad and expect something, well, ho-hum at best—but once they take a bite, it’s a party…

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Filed Under: Extra Easy, Pasta, Salads & Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: pasta, salads

Coconut Merengue Cookies

May 8, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Gluten- and lactose-free Coconut Merengue Cookies

Robin: I love the way that these cookies are familiar-feeling, yet different. They are a cross between a macaroon and a merengue, and as such, are both light/crispy and sweet/chewy. Their bright white color makes them a striking addition to an assorted cookie tray or dessert table. They taste good, too, of course! You might…

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Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Snacks, Sweets & Desserts Tagged With: coconut, cookies, merengue

Basic Capirotada Bread Pudding

April 18, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Capirotada Bread Pudding

Robin: The origins of bread pudding are lost in the mists of time—which makes total sense to me, since it is an excellent way of putting stale or leftover bread to good use. One version of it, called capirotada de vigilia or simply capirotada, came to the New World via the Spanish colonists and evolved…

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Filed Under: Breads, Snacks, Sweets & Desserts Tagged With: bread pudding, capirotada, Holy Week, Lent

Chinese Café Sweet Muffins (Panqué de café chino)

March 31, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Chinese Cafe Sweet Muffins / Panqué de café chino

Robin: Despite what some might consider a misleading name, these delicious quick-bread muffins are part of the same vast and amazingly varied universe of Mexican sweet breads to which the ultra-famous conchas and polvorones belong. One important sub-category of this delicious array of breads is the pan de café chino or Chinese café bread, so…

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Filed Under: Breads, Snacks Tagged With: café de chinos, Chinese café, muffin, pan dulce, pan mexicano

Deep Fried Jalapeño Slices

March 23, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Deep Fried Jalapaño Slices

Robin: I recently came across huge cans (about 6.5 pounds each) of nacho-sliced jalapeño peppers being sold for only a dollar. I didn’t buy one right away, but a seed was planted; after mentally debating myself on the issue for a couple of days, I decided that I could not pass up this deal, so…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Dips, Spreads, & Toppings, Snacks Tagged With: deep fried, jalapeño peppers

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